Because the risk of not doing so is, at this point, minimal. (Reply #45)

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Thu May 19, 2022, 06:44 PM

45. Because the risk of not doing so is, at this point, minimal.

I’m double vaxxed and boosted, and will continue to get booster shots. The chance that I will be seriously affected by Covid is extremely small now.

Even if Covid were to be magically eliminated, there will still be a multitude of other infectious diseases out there. My question to you: given that, are you going to mask for the rest of your life regardless of Covid?

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59 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mask up! [View all]	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	OP
I never stopped masking & have no intention of doing so!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#1
Same here.	LoisB	May 2022	#3
I wish it were over, but it isn't!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#5
Same here too.	Duppers	May 2022	#6
Good for you!	SheltieLover	May 2022	#8
Same with me. I don't like them, but I'm sure they've been a big part of keeping me safe for	Arkansas Granny	May 2022	#11
I'm not fond of them either, but they are the only rational choice, imo.	SheltieLover	May 2022	#12
My doctor recommended masking any time I am in contact with people I don't live with.	pazzyanne	May 2022	#13
Yep. Husband and I both still do.	calimary	May 2022	#20
Same here	Rebl2	May 2022	#28
Same here! n/t	DFW	May 2022	#21
Same	TuxedoKat	May 2022	#30
1. Regardless of your location on earth, wear a mask in the places that	Tetrachloride	May 2022	#2
Going to see a play tomorrow	Sympthsical	May 2022	#4
Getting 2nd Booster on Friday morning.	ProudMNDemocrat	May 2022	#7
I need to get my 2nd booster	Novara	May 2022	#10
Sending vibes for good results on the MRI.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#32
Thank you so much!	Novara	May 2022	#36
I'm so sorry.	hamsterjill	May 2022	#37
Thank you	Novara	May 2022	#38
I no longer mask except when requested to do so by the location I'm visiting.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#9
Do you only wear a condom when someone asks you to?	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#14
If I'm in a long term relationship and she's on birth control I don't.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#35
I don't understand why you aren't willing to wear a mask	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#43
Because the risk of not doing so is, at this point, minimal.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#45
Minimal? Like wearing a seat belt?	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#46
Of course I wear a seatbelt every time. It's required by law.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#49
Sadly, the overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to follow CDC guidelines	MyMission	May 2022	#50
Barring some horrible mutation, Covid will soon be considered comparable to the flu by most.	Dial H For Hero	May 2022	#53
Not by anyone who respects medicine or science.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#55
We mask inside businesses.	TNNurse	May 2022	#15
I've never stopped.	Ferrets are Cool	May 2022	#16
Please remember this fact	Moostache	May 2022	#17
Masks DO Protect you	AntivaxHunters	May 2022	#18
+1 n/t	area51	May 2022	#27
That's fuckin' great!	Novara	May 2022	#39
We like the kf-94 the best.	JudyM	May 2022	#41
So true, everyone: MASKS DO PROTECT YOU AS WELL AS OTHERS	Meowmee	May 2022	#48
If you say so. But I def (also) wear a mask to protect myself. The fact that I haven't had...	FailureToCommunicate	May 2022	#19
take your point (about community protection)	stopdiggin	May 2022	#22
I had hoped the CDC would have gotten their shit together	Novara	May 2022	#40
That misconception actually discouraged many folks from wearing masks	IronLionZion	May 2022	#25
That is nonsense - a convenient lie told to preserve masks for health care workers.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#57
Most of America is looking red	IronLionZion	May 2022	#23
Never stopped, don't plan to.	SergeStorms	May 2022	#24
Thanks for posting this! I feel so grateful to be part of the DU community, most of whom are still	LaMouffette	May 2022	#26
Why all the blue in mid-country when they are mostly red-Trump areas? Is it population density?	Samrob	May 2022	#29
Ba.2 is making it's way from New England and the west coast inward.	Tomconroy	May 2022	#31
The map uses the original measures for community transmission.	Ms. Toad	May 2022	#58
Some of those areas don't have a whole hell of a lot of people.	JanMichael	May 2022	#34
low population and spread out over long distances	JI7	May 2022	#51
Post removed	Post removed	May 2022	#33
" Masks DO NOT PROTECT YOU !!! They protect others FROM YOU"	Patterson	May 2022	#42
Yesterday the crawl on CNN said that the CDC recommended	senseandsensibility	May 2022	#44
We never stopped	Meowmee	May 2022	#47
Yeah... on Monday, I spent 2+ hours with my	ecstatic	May 2022	#52
I've never stopped wearing an N95 or KF94 mask everywhere. I live in New York State and	liberal_mama	May 2022	#54
Mine went back on today.	kairos12	May 2022	#56
I wear n-95s most days for 6 hours.	uppityperson	May 2022	#59

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